diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
index 016c46657be..d93d7bf9f72 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/formeditor/formeditoritem.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 #include "formeditorscene.h"
 
 #include <modelnode.h>
+#include <nodehints.h>
 #include <nodemetainfo.h>
 
 #include <QDebug>
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@ void FormEditorItem::setup()
 
     setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemClipsChildrenToShape, qmlItemNode().instanceValue("clip").toBool());
 
+
+    if (NodeHints::fromModelNode(qmlItemNode()).forceClip()) {
+        setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemClipsChildrenToShape, true);
+        setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemClipsToShape, true);
+    }
+
+
     if (QGraphicsItem::parentItem() == scene()->formLayerItem())
         m_borderWidth = 0.0;